The third cycle of Parliament in the post-independent Malawi, commenced in 1976 following the parliamentary elections held on 22 May 1976. Each of the 70 constituencies had a maximum of five candidates nominated by at least two registered voters. The nominated names were then submitted to the Life President of the ruling Malawi Congress Party…

On the 18th May 1983, three cabinet ministers and a member of parliament were assassinated by agents of the Malawi Government. These were: Hon. Dick Matenje (MP) the Minister without portfolio and Secretary General of the Malawi Congress Party (MCP); Hon. Aaron Gadama (MP) the Regional Minister for Centre; Hon. Twaibu Sangala (MP) the Minister…

Today, on 18 May 1992, a strike for better working conditions by employees at National Bank of Malawi in Blantyre, commenced and run for three days. A day after the strike ended, on the 21 May 1992, a bank employee named Mrs Mitinda was arrested. On the following day, Winfrey Mphande was also arrested with…

Before Chakufwa Chihana surprised the world by openly challenging Malawi’s one-party state on 6 April 1992, within a space of two years, he had collided with the state atleast on two occasions. Since October 1984, Chihana had been the Secretary General of Southern Africa Trade Union Coordination Council (SATUCC). Following his deportation from Botswana in…

On this day, the 11th of May 1992, the major aid donors to developing countries commenced their three day meeting in Paris (France) where they unanimously decided to suspend non humanitarian aid to Malawi for six months as a measure to compel the Malawi Government to make substantive progress on the observance of human rights.…

Press Statement The struggle to free Africa from foreign domination has a long and glorious history. From the very inception of European incursion into Africa in the 15th century to current times, Africans resisted the slave trade, colonialism, and neo-colonialism. These struggles have created many heroic figures and events which deserve recognition and celebration. African…